Clasp for chatelaines.



No. 704,212. Patented July 8, I902.

J. BITTER.

CLASP FUR CHATELAINES.

(Application filed May 7, 8901.)

(No Model.)

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JACOB BITTER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CLASP FOR CHATELAINES.

sPEciHoATIoN forming part of Letters Patent No. 704,212, dated July 8,1902.

Application filed May 7, 1901; Serial No. 69,130. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JACOB BITTER, acitizen of the United States,residingin New York, borough of Manhattan, in the State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Clasps for Chatelaines,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved clasp for chatelaines by which thesame may be suspended from the waistband or belt and securely retainedwithout danger of becoming detached therefrom; and the inventionconsists in the combination, in a device of the character stated, of asuspension-hook,-a spring-clip attached at one end to a part of the hookand having its other end free and adapted by its resilience to retirefrom one leg of the hook, with a laterallymovable plate pivotallymounted upon the hook and carrying a cam device which is adapted toengage the spring-clip and force its free end into engagement with a legof the hook.

The invention consists, further, in certain other combinations of parts,which will be fully described hereinafter and finally pointed out in theclaim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a front elevation ofmy improved clasp, showing the same in use. Fig. 2 is a front elevationof the same detached from the belt and drawn on a larger scale than inFig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a frontelevation of the clasp, showing the laterally-movable plate swungsidewise out of locking position; and Fig. 5 is a horizontal section online 5 5, Fig. 2, looking upward.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings, A represents an ordinary suspension-hook,such as is commonly used for suspending chatelaines, &c. To the frontportion a of the hook A is pivoted a laterally-movable plate B, whichmay be stamped out of sheet metal and ornamented in any suitable manner.The lower front end of the hook is provided with a pivoted keeper 0,from which the suspension-ring O of the chatelaine or other device C issuspended.

The pivoted clamping-plate B carries a rearwardly-extending cam-plate orflange 12 or other suitable cam device, which travels in an arc-shapedslot at in the front portion a of the hook when the plate B is swunginto looking position in front of the hook, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3,and 5. The front part of the hook A is preferably enlarged at one side,so as to give the required width for steadiness. To the lower end of thefront part or leg a of the hook is applied by its lower end aspring-clip D, the upper end cl of which is serrated, said spring-clipbeing actuated by the cam-plate b and preferably beveled at its frontedge, as shown at b, so as to permit the ready riding of the cam deviceupon the same. \Vhen the plate B is moved by the user into lockingposition, the cam device engages the spring-clip and forces its free endinto engagement with the belt, which is located between the same and therear portion a of the hook A. When released, the resilience of thespring-clip causes the end d of the same to retire from the leg a of thehook A, thereby permitting the clasp to be readily removed from thebelt. The cam-plate or flange b is preferably recessed at one side, asshown in Fig. 5, for engaging the portion a of the hook, and upon thehook A is located a retaining-hook or stop 6. Engagement of the plate 7)with said book 6, together with the engagement of the cam -plate by itsrecess with the front portion a, prevents the plate springing away fromthe said front portion and retains the same always in position closelythereto when locked. The spring-clip D tends to force the plate Boutwardly, thereby producing frictional contact of the same with thehook e, which serves for retarding disengagement of the plate B,although when taken hold of by the user it can be readily moved out oflocking position. The rear portion a of the hook may be provided withdepressions 6 so that the material from which the belt is made ispressed into the same, thereby increasing the friction between the sameand the springclip. Locking movement ofthe plate 13 is limited byabutment of the cam-plate 1), within its recess, with the front portiona and by abutment of the plate B with the retaining lug or shoulder e,the latter thereby acting as a stop for the plate.

My improved clasp for chatelaines can be finished in any desiredornamental manner,

of a laterally-movable plate mounted upon the hook, and a cam devicecarried by one of 15 said parts, which cam device is adapted to coactwith the other of said parts to force the free end of the clip towardaleg of the hook, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

JACOB BITTER.

Witnesses:

PAUL GOEPEL, JOSEPH H. NILES.

